HE IS BEING HELD AT THE FLOYD COUNTY JAIL. NEW TONIGHT AT SIX... A WITNESS TO A MURDER SAYS SHE FEARED FOR HER LIFE - WHEN SHE WAS CONFRONTED BY THE ACCUSED KILLER. W-L-K-Y'S MARK VANDERHOFF OBTAINED COPIES OF POLICE INTERVIEWS FROM COURT RECORDS. RAYMON MURRELL IS CHARGED WITH MURDER IN THE APRIL 11TH BEATING DEATH OF 63-YEAR-OLD PHILIP "WAYNE" SCHULZ... A CHARGE HE DENIES. BUT ACCORDING TO EVIDENCE FILED RECENTLY IN JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT... A WITNESS SAYS SHE CAME FACE TO FACE WITH MURRELL AS HE LEFT THE SCENE. : I asked him, please don't hurt me and he left. THE WITNESS SAYS SHE AND MURDER VICTIM PHILLIP "WAYNE" SCHULZ WOULD MEET EVERY MORNING AT PACKAGING UNLIMITED JUST BEFORE 5 A.M. I pulled into the parking lot. Wayne was sitting in his truck like he always does. SHE SAYS THEY WALKED INTO THE PLANT AND HEARD A NOISE IN THE LUNCH ROOM... SCHULZ WENT TO INVESTIGATE. he says, what are you doing in here? So then, automatically, I take off. THE WITNESS SAYS SHE HID AND CALLED 911... AS SHE HEARD SCHULZ PLEADING WITH SOMEONE TO STOP HITTING HIM. THEN, QUIET. next thing I know, he was coming up that ramp behind me. SHE SAYS SHE CAME FACE TO FACE WITH THE KILLER, WHO WAS HOLDING A METAL BAR. he said, lay on the floor. I said please don't hurt me. And he seen that I had the phone and he said, are you on the phone with the police? And I said yes. SHE SAYS THAT'S WHEN THE MAN TOOK OFF RUNNING. SHE LATER PICKED MURRELL - AN EMPLOYEE AT THE PLANT - OUT OF A PHOTO LINEUP. POLICE BELIEVE MURRELL WAS TRYING TO STEAL MONEY FROM A VENDING MACHINE WHEN SCHULZ CONFRONTED HIM. MURRELL SAYS HE WAS AT HOME... SLEEPING. MARK VANDERHOFF, W-L-K-Y NEWS. RAYMON MURRELL IS BEING HELD AT METRO CORRECTIONS ON A 250-THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND.